Ice cream dipper



Nov. 10, 1931. c). E. HARRIS ICE CREAM DIPPER Filed March 6. 1930 )ffii Patented Nov. l0, 1931 UNITED STATES ORA n HARRIS, or XEARNEY, NEBRASKA ICE CREAM DIPPER Application led March 6, 1930. Serial No. 433,642.

This invention relates to an ice cream dipper or transferer and has for its o bject to provide a more profitable and convenient way of dispensing or transferring ice cream 1n "6" bulk form from a storage container to a dish,

ice cream sandwich, flat cone and the like, and at the same time make a profitable saving by eliminating heavy shrinkage due the use of the present type of dipper. This shrinkage is caused by the dipper now commonly used which must be plunged from one to two inches below the surface of the ice cream in order that the ice cream will pack therein with suiiicient force to break away from the body thereof and be removedwith the dipper. This operation with the dipper to remove a portion of -ice cream from the container materially-displaces the portion of ice cream in the dipper by packing'causing the dispenser to give a customer conslderably more ice cream than he pays for. Further shrinkage is also caused, which is a considerable loss to the dispenser, due to the packing of the ice cream by the thrusting and turning of the dipper therein.

By the use of my ice cream dipper excessive loss from shrinkage is eliminated and the manual effort on the part of the dispenser is also materially less.

To the above end, generally stated, the in.

vention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices, hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of the improved dipper partly in elevation and partly in central lon tudinal section;

j ig. 2 is a fragmentary detail view with some parts sectioned on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the dipper with the greater portion of the sleeve, stem and ejector rod broken away;

Fig. 4 is a view partly in plan and partly in section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view showing the operating connections between the jaws and sleeve.

The dipper 7, as shown, is oblong in cross section and the two narrow sides thereof are designated by the numeral 8. This dipper 7 is relatively deep, has a closed upper end and an open lower end or bottom. In place of making the dipper 7 oblong in shape, as shown, it may be cylindrical, square or of any other suitable and convenient shape.

The lower edge portion of the dipper 7, on the inside thereof, is beveled to an endless sharp cutting edge 9 Rigidly secured to the top of the dipper 7 at the center thereof is an upstanding tubular stem 10 to the upper end of which a horizontal handle l1 is applied. This handle 11 at one end is provided with a depending hub 12 which is attached by screw threads to the upper end of the stem 10. Said handle 11l is laterally olfset from its hub 12, see Fig. 2, and extends substantially tangentially therefrom.

A pair of blade-like clampino` jaws 13 with the dipper 7 is normally held float against the inner faces of the dipper sides 8 and are hinged at their upper ends to the top of the dipper 7, as indicatedV at 14, forswinging movement toward each other into down; Wardly converging relation, as indicated` by broken lines in Fig. l. The lower edges of the jaws 13 are inwardly beveled to sharp cutting edges 15 which form continuations of the beveled cutting edges 9 so that the dipper 7 and jaws 13 will readily enter the bulk ice cream. These beveled cutting edges l5 perform another important function in that they produce a cam action on the ice cream that holds the jaws 13 open and pressed against the dipper sides 8.

In each dipper side 8 is a large central opening 16 of such size a-s to leave a relatively narrow endless frame against which the respective jaw 13 closes. l

,To swing the jaws 13 into converging relation in respect to each other after the dipper has been pressed into bulk ice cream by the handle 11, there is integrally formed with the hinged ends of the jaws 13 a pair of inwardly projecting and upwardly curved relaeoA piece 29'.

tively wide flat levers 17. The inner end-s of the levers 17 extend into a pair of diametrically opposite transverse notches 18 formed in a collar 19 on the lower end of a long sleeve 20 slidably mounted on the stem 10. A coiled spring 21 encircling the stem 10 is compressed between a spring seat 22,

formed on the upper end of the sleeve`20, and j a spring cap 2.3 formed on the lower end of the hub 12 and which hub forms a base of resistance for said spring; -The.:tensionfof the spring 23 is such as to hold the sleeve 2O pressed down with the jaws 13 agaiiistlthe dipper sides 8.

,The hub 12 affords a stopfoi the sleeve 2O",`

limits the lifting V movement thereof and hence Atheclosing movementsV ofthe jaws 1 3. By screwing the'hub 12A up or down" onthe stemlO the width of the gap between the hub 'Y 12and sleeve 20 may be changed, .at-twill, to vary thecl'osing movements of the jaws 13. A. radial vhandle 24on the lupper end of. the sleeve 2O which is below the handle 11' affords meansy by which the sleeve20 may be lifted againstthe ten-sion ofthe spring 21 to actuate the levers 17 and close vthe jawsV 18. The sleeve 20 is held from turning on the stem, 10 by a. gui'de'lug25, on the top of the dipper 7 and side of the stem 10 which extends into a' relatively deep notch 26 in the collar 19. To ej ect l.a piece of ice cream in the dipper 7, there lis provided an ejector comprising' a fol- This follower plate 27 extends transversely in the dipper 7 with suliicient clearance to work freely therein.. Ther operating rod 28 at its lower end is rigidly secured to the follower plate 27, extends upward through the stem 10 and has; onits upper end a. thumbollowerplate 27 at the open bottom of the dipper 7 and thus held by the engagement? of thethumbpiece29 with the'upper end ofthe stem 10, as: indicated by broken lines in Fig-1.

In" the top of the dipper iis apair of diametrieally opposite air holes 30. The offset hand-piece 11 permit-s free movement of the operating rod 28 thereby to and 'from the' j position in which the thumb-piece-29 rests on the upper end of the stem 10.

,Normally the dipper 7 is, as shown in Fig. 1,lwith the exception that the ejector is in its dotted line position.

raised thereby. When the dipper 7 is lled the operat'or'uses certain-lingers' ofthe hand bywhich the hand-piece 11 is gripped to lift the hand-piece Lay against the tension ofthe spring 21 to close the jawsl, as indicated ,65 by dotted lines in Fig. 1.- This 'closing ofthe Normally the ejector hangs by, gravity inv its lowermost position with itsv j To fill the dipper 7 with ice cream the operator holds the device thereof.l

:3 A ;iigid open bottoindipper having a continuous cutting edge anda hand-piece.

fof ice `crea-in;in the. clipper 7 after the same has been removed from the body of ice cream inf case tl'ieie is a tendency to slip therefrom.

Toeject a piece of ice cream from the dipperf?,'theperator'releases the hand-piece 24 and with his thumb engagestheV thumb-:piece 29 'and presses. the' 'same'.fdo'wn, fwliiley still holdin@ device by tlie...ha`nd.'pi`ece. :11, 5' whichforces ksaidpi-ece fromitlie dip`pcrz72fl Inca-se the adhere-to tlie'.' piece. of icev cream 4in the clipper 7` the downward inove ment of the follower plate 27 will.v engage said jaws and. positively close'` the saine. The

piece of `ice cream inthe dipper 7 maybe dis-v charged by the ejector. onto a dish, sandwich,

oi coi i e of gt'lie .proper shape. to receive the f The aperturesA 16 permit the jaws 13 and surroundingI portions of the dipper 7 to be easily cleansedanzd theyV also-.permit the escape of any ice cream that may be caught j betweenlthesides ofthe dipper 7 and j aws 13. lower plate 27 having a long operating rod 28.

they maybeeasily manipulated by one hand.Y i

From' the ,abovev description it .is evident that the dipperZ may be filled, without p'ack ing or displacing the ice cream. either in the its lower edge '-a continuous cutting-edge, al

l pair of jaws movable entirely within the cutting edge'anda connection-foi" operatingthe jaws to cause'the ieecreamjn the clipper tobreak flush with the open bottomf thereof. i

2. An open bottom dipper having a'hanldl piece equipped-stem, anda pair of depending blade-like jawshinged Aat their upper ends for swinging movement'in the dpper toward or from each otherand normally closely engaging opposite sides of the di-pper, and operating connections for closing the jaws, said,- dipper being provided withan inwardly beveled cutting edgeand said jaws'being providedy with corresponding-ly fo-rmed edges which when the jaws are open form .continuations equipped stem, a pair of blade-like jaws depending lwithin 'theurigidi `clipper from the main body thereof orfthepiece insaiddipper;

1. An-.openbot-tom dipperhavingalhan'dl Vpiece equipped stem,-said vclipper. having on opposed swinging movement inwardly of said cutting edge, a handle-equipped operating sleeve or the jaws slidably mounted on the stem, operating connections between the jaws and sleeve, and a spring operative on the sleeve to yieldingly hold the jaws open.

4. The structure delined in claim 3, in which the operating connections between the jaws and sleeves are the levers on the jaws extending across the top of the clipper and hingedly Connected to the sleeve.

5. The structure deined in claim 2 in which said sides of the dipper have apertures that are closed by the jaws when open.

6. An open bottom dipper having a stem, a handle longitudinally adjustable on the stem, a pair of jaws in the dipper, a sleeve slidably mounted on the stem for operating the j aws, operating connections between the jaws and sleeve, and a spring Compressed between the sleeve and handle on the'stem and yieldingly holding the jaws open, said handle on the stem affording a stop for the sleeve to limit the opening movement of the jaws.

'7. The structure defined in claim 6 in which the handle on the stem is adjustable longitudinally thereof to limit the opening movement of the jaws.`

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

ORA E. HARRIS. 

